Rockford police investigate homicide on northwest side

Police and fire department paramedics found the body of Robert O’Hern, 46, of Rockford around 8:30 a.m. Sunday in the north alleyway of the 3200 block of Parkside Avenue. Police said in a news release he had been shot in the head at least once.

The death is the city’s fourth homicide of 2014. There were 22 homicides in 2013.

The investigation is in its initial stages. Anyone with information is urged to call the Rockford Police Department at 815-987-5824 or Crime Stoppers at 815-963-7867.